Mark Pentleton

Sticking with the Norwegian theme following yesterday’s National Day celebrations, I wanted to add in one other Norwegian song. This is one of my all-time favourite songs sung by Norwegian singer Sigvart Dagsland. The song is called Den Ensomme Veien, which translates roughly as “the lonely road”. I’ve done a rough translation of the lyrics too, although I’ve struggled a bit with the Nynorsk being more of a Bokmål person myself!! There doesn’t seem to be any YouTube video of Den Ensomme Veien, but you can listen to a sample on iTunes if you’re interested.

Norwegian

Det e ein ensom vei me går
Eg ser det klart fra der eg står
Om solen skinne litt
På meg og livet mitt
Kan eg gå den ensomme veien samen med deg

Det e ein ensom vei me går
Eg ser det klart fra der eg står
Om solen skinne litt
På meg og livet mitt
Kan eg gå den ensomme veien samen med deg

My rough translation

It’s a lonely road we go
I see it clearly from where I stand
If the sun shines a little
on me and on my life
I can walk that lonely road with you

It is not easy
to always have known where you stand
I can see the way
But do not know how possible it is.
So I can’t lead you along it,
But hand in hand, you and I,
Can watch over each other’s steps.

It’s a lonely road we go
I see it clearly from where I stand
If the sun shines a little
on me and on my life
I can walk the lonely road with you.

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